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anecdotal

/an-ik-doht-l, an-ik-doht-l/US // ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊt l, ˌæn ɪkˈdoʊt l //UK // (ˌænɛkˈdəʊtəl) //

轶事,传闻,传说中的,传闻中

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz.
    • : pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject.Compare narrative.
    • : based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation: anecdotal evidence.

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Examples

  • While it is possible that nearby wildlife, normally turned off by our noise, were now wandering into the territory of their human neighbors, the reports were mostly anecdotal.

  • While Google hasn’t released any LSA data, anecdotal evidence suggests these ads are performing well.

  • A few other anecdotal cases of reinfection have since emerged, including one from Bengaluru.

  • There is mounting anecdotal evidence that when you adjust training protocols to the specifics of female physiology, athletes perform better.

  • We are beginning to hear reports of delays, but this information is anecdotal right now.

  • If true—and it appears consistent with anecdotal information—about 50 regime figures have been killed this year.

  • He also links the racial composition of the fans to his anecdotal assessment that there are fewer fathers and sons in attendance.

  • The field has produced only anecdotal or other evidence that does not pass muster in the scientific community.

  • The “link” consists in anecdotal reports that some people think kids with autism improve on a dairy-free diet.

  • Charismatic superstars from the great Pelé to Beckenbauer to Maradona make illuminating anecdotal appearances.

  • It was Harwood's habit to spend a day in the towns he visited, gathering local color and collecting anecdotal matter.

  • An anecdotal volume this, with moments on the Riviera and matches played in South Africa.

  • There was a whiff of gunpowder exciting the atmosphere in the anecdotal part of the history known.

  • But a spiced incident, a notorious couple,—an anecdotal witness to the scene,—could you expect Mr. Rose Mackrell to contain it?

  • It is anecdotal, technical and historical, and displays the credulity of the writer in regard to the miraculous.